Amazing that this stuff works, once you take your time... I can't believe I made this! I hope the shading wasn't too much, I couldn't help it. Anyone who wants to comment is very welcome!

100 Years of Solitude While I loved the storytelling and ‘magic’ of this book, I know I’ve just scratched the surface of the symbolism that in contains. One day when I read through again, I will hopefully have a much more developed statement behind these comps. But for now - words and some symbols mainly around trees and pig tails.

Hi there, @kringetastic ! Sorry for the trouble with accessing your course. Does this happen with all lessons within your course? Is it possible for you to send a screen recording or screen shots of what you are experiencing to support@proko.com? Talk soon!

In Particular the head construction course. Although i have watched the course from beginning to the end i would like to now start from the beginning and to also refresh myself regularly!

I'm unable to see my purchased courses in my classroom please help in restoring the courses in my classroom. Regards Manohar Ratnam

Hey there, @Juan Carlos Sanchez! Just confirming you are able to play the videos now! This outage was caused by Vimeo being down, and that has been resolved for several days. I also responded to your support ticket. :)

Hello i a m new and I have purchased the basic lessons. I can't download the picture attached to the lessons (it says access denied). Can you help me please. Thank you very much

I need help posting pictures. I'm struggling with navigating the web site.

For some reason this pack is failing to download every time. Every other pack I've purchased is downloading fine. It only seems to be these.

I started rendering the spheres in charcoal using Conte 2B/White on smooth newsprint, then repeated the exercise in graphite with 2H, 2B, 4B, and 8B pencils. One of my main struggles was pushing the lighter values dark enough, and keeping the gradient transition smooth and even. I tend to start light and build up slowly, but I often stop too early—so most of my spheres end up too light or high-key, even after multiple layers of rendering. Some of the transitions are patchy and uneven as well (which I can see way more when they’re viewed as small thumbnails!) For the untimed spheres, I gave myself between 45 minutes to an hour each. I didn’t change my overall approach much for the timed versions, but I noticed some differences as the time decreased. The 10-minute version felt fast, but I liked how it came out a little more stylized. Since I didn’t have time to smooth things out, the first, more gestural marks remained visible, which gave the drawing a certain energy that I actually enjoyed. In the graphite version, the reflected light came out too light, but I focused on using cross-contour marks to help reinforce the spherical form. In the 5-minute studies, I realized I spent about 50–60% of the time just getting the lay-in right and making sure the sphere looked proportional. That didn’t leave much time for rendering. Charcoal helped here—I was able to lay in darker values more quickly and shift my focus to halftones sooner. I also tried a 5-minute graphite version using a blending stump and a quicker, more gestural hatching approach. The stump helped build value faster, which gave me a bit more time to suggest cross-contours and pull out highlights with an eraser.